Oil Industry Outrage Won't Stop New EPA Gas Standard

By Sean McLernon

Law360, New York (April 05, 2013, 7:04 PM ET) -- Oil industry groups have pledged to battle the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to dramatically cut the sulfur content in gasoline, but experts say they will struggle to succeed, given that the proposal has already won support from automakers and many states.

The most controversial portion of the EPA's so-called Tier 3 emissions proposal, which was issued late last month and could be finalized before the end of the year, requires sulfur content in gasoline to be cut from 30 parts per million to 10 ppm by...